Site Event/Activity record ECC1719 - Watching Brief at St Mary's Church, Colchester, 1995

Location

Location St Mary's Church, Church Street, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9926 2507 (5m by 9m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

April 1995

Map

Description

A watching brief was undertaken of three surveyors boreholes drilled through the floor at the western end of the church. One borehole encountered a 300m space beneath the floorboards, then a dry mid brown sandy loam which extended to an overall depth of 700mm. This material which appeared to be either backfill or make up sealed a further 800mm of probable backfill above a possible vault represented void reaching from 1.5m to 3m overall depth. A second borehole was abandoned at a depth of 0.8m where the drill hit solid masonry which included fragments of Kentish Ragstone. The third borehole was not observed. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd. 1985-1995. Colchester Archaeological Trust Unpublished Archive. 4/95B.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • St Mary's-at-the-Walls Church, Church Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 10 2016 8:23AM

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